Interviewing - the Texas Holdem of Staffing

When is staffing like Poker? The answer is when you are interviewing. In poker, and especially Texas holdem, you are always looking, and listening for insights into other players hands. These are called tells. Sometimes they come as non-verbal communications, a twitch, or a blink of the eyes. Other times it comes as nervous talk, sometimes you are talking to them asking them questions,…

2006 OFCCP Ruling Made Easy!!

OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program), and the 2006 ruling on "Internet Applicants" have made things a little harder on everyone who does business with the government and have contract worth $150,000 or more. Below is the bare bones of the new OFCCP regulations.

Definition of an Internet Applicant:

An internet applicant who satisfies the below 4 criteria…

Project Management (PM) staffing style!!

One way I have found to be very successful as a staffing professional is to Treat every opening like a project and use the basic PM steps to ensure you do the job right. Step one is to do needs analysis. This is the same thing as your first meeting with your client to determine what they need, write the JD etc.. Then you go on to the next step and so on till the position is filled.

There are six main steps…

When is a Metrics not a Metrics?!!!!

Please remember to go back and reread the four part series I did on metrics some added context into some of the things I…

The Staffing Metric System..Metrics in a New Light!!!!

So I previously did a 4 part posting on Metrics. Here I wanted to explain what I call the “Staffing…

Hiring Manager wanting to hire from a resume!!!

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What is the primary job of a leader in the staffing and HR world? The primary job of a leader is to: give their direct reports, everything they need to succeed. This includes; equipment, time, supplies, nurturing them, helping them learn and grow, and teaching their reports how to be successful now and in the next level up and more. The idea here is simple, if the…

Background Checks do they really work???

Background Checks, are a must to me. They help you validate someone’s work history, education, and criminal record. Of course, you can also validate their credit score and more, but the work history, education, and criminal record are the biggies.…

Recommendations do they really work???…

Reference Checks do they really work???

This is the 2nd…

Over the next several posts we are going to discuss Background checks, Reference checks,…

Hiring Managers and the Matrix !!

In this, the last of the four part series on metrics' and goals, we will discuss a little know, but important metric. The metrics' by which we measure our hiring managers. That is right; your hiring manager should be goaled on staffing orientated metrics also. After all, they play a very important part in hiring and in the end, it is for them.

In one of my previous blog entries, I mentioned the team "hiring team".…

Metrics' for ROI

So…

Metrics for learning!!

So in the 2nd part of this 4…

Metrics based goals- made simple- what you really need!!…

Diversity Sourcing Part 5 Veterans!!

In my original postings on…

Boolean Operators Updated!!…

Return on Investment (ROI), Explained!!…

Security Clearance search strings!!…